Day 384 | Exchange Hotel campsite, Coen: just down by the creek
35 km | zzOz total: 10,831 km
Arriving in any remote town on a Sunday is not a good idea, usually the town has shut down but Coen is a tourist town and the main, err, little, shop was open.
Had to be really because it’s been 11 days since I last bought up large at Cooktown. The dinner situation is requiring a major stock up, lunch ditto. No prices were on display but the system when it came to the checkout was clear: most things were $5.
A few items were missing from the shelves: no spaghetti, no fruitcake. There were other pastas, I collected some with the shortest cook time, just more bulk to carry. A few pieces of fruit, quickly scoffed, the few things went loosely into two bags with not much change from $60.
At least I’m reconciled to pumped up costs on the major tourist routes, better not run out of food I thought.